What is the general survey of Reformation era approaches to Scripture that dismissed troublesome passages?

In an article entitled, Bottoms Up! The meaning of “use a little wine…” (1 Tim 5:23) at the *Orthodox Christian Theology* website, the following comment is made: > John Calvin, though not taking this view himself, speaks of how other > interpreters thought that the passage was not inspired as it appears > irrelevant to the immediate context: > > “No longer drink water.” There are some who conjecture that this > sentence, which breaks off the train of thought, was not written by > Paul. …[I]t is possible that what had been formerly written in the > margin of the Epistle afterwards. That quote from Calvin is a bit shocking to me, as it appears that there was kind of a smorgasbord approach to the Bible during the time of the Reformation that I was not aware of. Unfortunately, the author of the article does not give a reference. However, after a bit of internet exploring, I found the original primary source for the quote here. Are there any examples of 16th & 17th century Reformation era approaches to Scripture (Protestant or Catholic) that has relied upon form criticism to dismiss troublesome passages. or even entire books of the canonical Bible, to make a theological case?